Chapter One Terms and Concepts 1) Mediamaking : P7, Modern Family→Different in ABC because ABC owned by Disney, and Disney (people who produce the text) has different value and idea with CNN or BBC. And then audiences create their own meaning. “Being made and making meaning.” No direct relationship between what you watch and what you do. Media effects: watch video and shoot someone. 2) Practices: P7, how we read the media and text, how we have access to them, need network, connection, DVD player…
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Disney Magic, the first ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet, is getting a major facelift. It's far more than a nip and tuck: The ship will have re-imagined kids' and adult spaces, as well as new dining options. PHOTOS: Disney Magic Re-Launch Details Revealed The re-launch of Disney Magic is scheduled for this fall. The ship will be in dry dock from Sept. 10 through Oct. 7, 2013 for its upgrades. The addition the young -- and young at heart -- will find most exciting is the new AquaDunk water…
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The Walt Disney Company (DIS) has a long and prestigious history in the entertainment business covering a period of greater than 75 years. The DIS objective is to be the world leader in production of entertainment using their diversified portfolio to differentiate its brands including Walt Disney Parks, ESPN, PIXAR, MARVEL, and ABC. The financial goals are to maximize cash flow, maximize earnings, and capital profits that will drive longer-term shareholder value (The Walt Disney Company, 2012)…
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Team 12 | Case Analysis: Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway’s acquisition of GEICO | By: Maryam Abathi, Jesper Eriksson, Andrew Klotz, Lorenzo Manera, Stanislav Sobolev, | | | | Financial Management Case Analysis at Hult International Business School 2012-2013 | A) What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for GEICO and Berkshire Hathaway on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically, what does the $718 million gain in Berkshire’s market value…
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at The Walt Disney Company which began in 2005 with the appointment of current CEO Robert Iger. The company began to experience halted growth during the late 1990s. The former CEO Michael Eisner had been successful himself in the late 1980s in changing the company during what is known as the Disney…
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expand in the future with guidance from China. China is the world’s fastest growing major economy and with this comes threats of constantly changing and developing systems with the unpredictability threat playing a huge role for Hong Kong Disney. However, Chase bank had the largest syndicated lending platform in the Asia Pacific region indicating that they had the capability to manage such an individually large project. This would have given more reassurance to the smaller banks about the…
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“The Proud Family” and “That’s So Raven,” which were both on Disney Channel. Both shows were based on black families and the main characters were black teenage females whose friends were also racially diverse. Even though these shows were on, Disney they explored deep topics and taught me important lessons. Why is it that within the last six years TV has gone backwards? The shows I watched were popular and had a lengthy running time by Disney standards. People of all backgrounds enjoyed them and it was…
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Page vii Contents Preface, Michael Kimmel and Amy Aronson, xiii Introduction, xv MEN AND MASCULINITIES Copyright © 2004. ABC-CLIO All rights reserved. May not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except fair uses permitted under U.S. or applicable copyright law. A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia Volume I: A–J A Abolitionists, 1 Action Television Series, 3 Adolescence, 5 “Adonis Complex,” 8 Aging, 9 AIDS, 15 Alcohol, 17 Alda…
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specific audience deliver audience to advertisers | TV | Invented by Philo T. Farnsworth. Network to satellite to station to household network and local/ station produced. Broadcast to broadest crowd possible deliver audience to advertisers. FOX, ABC, NBC, CW, CBS. 1,300 stations. | 1925 | First live demonstation of TV | 1939 | Televison "premiers" at NY's World Fair | 1940s | Government freezes television | 1950s | Golden age of TV | Radio Act of 1912 | Licensed individuals, chaos |…
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inferiority all appear today as hopeless atavisms, relics of a benighted past. International organizations like the UN have for decades made opposition to racism a central priority. And the globalized “culture industry”—from Hollywood to Bollywood, from Disney to Globo to Benneton—has produced a continuing stream of anti-racist messages: legitimating interracial romance and friendship, stigmatizing prejudice and discrimination, and fostering the hybridization of cultures and styles. Yet as all this anti-racist…
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